Recall organizers said on Thursday that they had enough signatures to recall the Lenawee County House member. But the person who was supposed to turn them in by the Friday deadline to the Secretary of State's office in Lansing had a relative involved in a car crash. He drove to Toledo with the petitions in his car, thus missing the 5 p.m. deadline.

Mlive commentators have been debating whether recalls are good policy.

I hope everything is ok with the guy who’s family member was
in the crash. That being said, these recall efforts are really a waste
of time and money. It’s one thing to do it for cause, but if they are
doing it just for politics then they are using the wrong venue.
Elections are the forum where we decide our representatives.

I do beleive politics are a cause. Most recalls are in place
because the voters (at least some of them) are not happy with the
decisions those people who voters have elected have made. In many cases
the voters who choose to start a recall petition don't feel the voters
are doing what is in the best interest of the communities which the
elected officials are supposed to be serving. That is the reason for the
recall and that is something allowed under the democratic rules of
government used within the State of Michigan. The simple fact is the
recalls are a method of firing those elected officials that people do
not feel are doing the job they have been hired to do.